World Cup (cricket): 2015

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2015

Venue: Australia and New Zealand.

Participating teams: 14 (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, Zimbabwe)

India vs. Pakistan

The tickets for the eagerly-awaited contest were sold out in 20 minutes for the 50,000-capacity stadium, with the South Australian government expecting around 20,000 Indian travellers for the marquee clash. Pool B match

Sun, Feb 15, 2015/ Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

India won the toss and opted to bat

Indian team

Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

Bench: Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Pakistan Squad

Playing XI: Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Bench: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ehsan Adil, Rahat Ali

Man of the Match: Virat Kohl

Trivia

Pakistan players fined for night out

AFP

Eight Pakistan players, including maverick former captain Shahid Afridi and opener Ahmed Shehzad, were fined 300 Australian dollars (US $230) for breaching a team curfew (coming 45 minutes late to their Sydney hotel after a dinner night out) ahead of their crucial World Cup game against India. They were also been warned that a repeat offence would see them kicked out of the tournament.

AFP added: Pakistani players have a history of off-field discipline problems. Three key players -- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer -- were caught in a spot-fixing scandal in England in 2010.The trio was accused of taking money to orchestrate deliberate no-balls during the Lord's Test. All three were banned for five years by the International Cricket Council. They, along with their agent Mazhar Majeed, were also jailed in UK.

See also

World Cup (cricket): history <>World Cup (cricket): 1975 <>World Cup (cricket): 1979 <>World Cup (cricket): 1983 <>World Cup (cricket): 1987 <>World Cup (cricket): 1992 <>World Cup (cricket): 1996 <>World Cup (cricket): 1999 <>World Cup (cricket): 2003 <>World Cup (cricket): 2007 <>World Cup (cricket): 2011 <>World Cup (cricket): 2015